What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “O you who believe! Fear Allah only, and no harm will come to you from those who have gone astray if you have guided yourselves”?
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This questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Ma'idah 5:105]?
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Its meaning is that a person should not look at people when they are destroyed and say, “This is a general matter, and these are things over which we have no control,” and then assume that he will save himself while enjoining good and forbidding evil. He should enjoin good and forbid evil, and not say, “Everyone is doing this, and I am unable to do otherwise,” and then act as they act. “Fear Allah only” means: impose upon yourselves [this duty]. “No harm will come to you from those who have gone astray if you have guided yourselves” does not mean that a person should abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil, because the one who abandons enjoining good and forbidding evil is not one who has found the right path. “If you have guided yourselves” includes enjoining good and forbidding evil to the extent of a person’s ability. However, he should not be deceived by what people are doing, nor be lax and say, “I am like them. I am with them,” as some people say today, and many people do. Yes.
This questioner asks: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْAnswer:
Its meaning is that a person should not look at people when they are destroyed and say, “This is a general matter, and these are things over which we have no control,” and then assume that he will save himself while enjoining good and forbidding evil. He should enjoin good and forbid evil, and not say, “Everyone is doing this, and I am unable to do otherwise,” and then act as they act. “Fear Allah only” means: impose upon yourselves [this duty]. “No harm will come to you from those who have gone astray if you have guided yourselves” does not mean that a person should abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil, because the one who abandons enjoining good and forbidding evil is not one who has found the right path. “If you have guided yourselves” includes enjoining good and forbidding evil to the extent of a person’s ability. However, he should not be deceived by what people are doing, nor be lax and say, “I am like them. I am with them,” as some people say today, and many people do. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [400 -560] ما معنى قول الله تعالى: (يا أيها الذين آمنوا عليكم أنفسكم لا يضركم من ضل إذا اهتديتم)؟ — youtube.com
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